Brexit: Furious row over eating INSECTS as companies fear being shut down – Express

Writing in the Brussels Times, EU advisors Alexandre Krauss and Nuno Wahnon-Martins referred to

Turkey's position in NATO and Ankara's bid to join the European Union.

Turkey's potential membership of the Brussels bloc played a somewhat significant role in the UK's 2016 Brexit referendum.

In a pamphlet produced by the Vote Leave campaign, Brexiteers warned Turkey was among five countries "lined up to join" the EU.

A separate poster said: "Turkey, population 76million, is joining the EU. Vote Leave - Take Back Control."

Even Boris Johnson, who proudly talks about his Turkish ancestry, made comments about Ankara's bid.

Speaking to then BBC host Andrew Marr, the Prime Minister said: "Frankly I don't mind whether Turkey joins the EU, provided the UK leaves the EU."

He added: "It is the Government's policy that Turkey should join the EU."

However, Mr Johnson has since denied making any remarks about Ankara's plans to join the Brussels bloc.

Writing about Turkey, Mr Krauss and Mr Wahnon-Martins said: "It is almost two decades since Recep Tayyip Erdoan became Turkeys strongest political actor.

"[It] all started with a then committed Prime Minister bridging and enhancing Turkeys challenging relations with the European Union seeking, ultimately, the golden prize an EU membership."

They added: "However, corruption, freedoms obliteration or democratic backlashing followed by an unprecedented purge across Turkeys military, judicial and bureaucratic dimensions after a failed coup, helped to flatten what Erdogan had achieved over one decade at the eyes of Turkeys international partners."

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